I'm living in the jungle. At least that's what it feels like at night here in beautiful Iowa City. The hot, steamy air sings, alive with insects and birds. I look around and think yes, this looks like a quiet, tree-lined street somewhere in America's heartland, but it feels like the Amazon. Even so, each night I go sit on the patio and soak in the warmth and watch my boys catch and release fireflies. Although the move was a pain in the you-know-what, I am so happy to be here!
My cute friend Vanessa from V and Co. is on her way here right now. That's right--she's moving to Iowa, too, just 20 minutes up the road! She'll be here this week to experience the Amazon along with me, and hopefully we'll have a few field trips to quilt shops and antique stores in the area (yeah!). She also volunteered (in the middle of her move!) to guest post for our birthday bash. I just love this girl! If you don't know her already, go check out her blog and her shop. Everything she makes is just gorgeous--I love her style. Until then, enjoy this awesome spray painting tutorial for making this darling wooden bead necklace!
tutorial: that lime green necklace
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*i then got tooth picks.
*because the holes in the beads were wider than the tooth picks i put a little piece of tin foil at the tips of the toothpicks.
*i also used my left over spraypaint "ivy leaf" by krylon. (IN.LOVE.WITH.THAT.COLOR)
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*i then LIGHTLY sprayed the beads. let them sit for a little (like 5 minutes) and then repeated.
*let them dry completely
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let them dry, flip them over AGAIN, repeat steps till you get it completely covered with paint and you are happy with it.
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i made sure i had enough ribbon at my "ends" that it would be easy to tie my necklace around my neck.
* then i made a knot.
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tie off your other end and make sure you put Fray Check
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10 Responses to “spray painted wooden bead necklace tutorial {birthday bash guest post}”
Great idea!
Linda
I lov ethis necklace! I will be giving this a try. I have red hair so I really like the colour too, thanks :)
I am addicted to those colors! I am going to have to go find me some wood beads! Thanks for the tip.
LOVE it!!
This is so beautiful! Can't wait to try this myself. It looks lovely.
what a fun project!
i totally want to go home and spray paint something now.
I know this is random, but WELCOME to Iowa City. We moved in last month and just love it here! Have fun unpacking.
I love you are both now in my STATE, although I live in Ames (middle). Be warned, spray-painting or any painting during "jungle" season, takes forever to dry!
I love this blog! I went back in posts and saw that I actually used a few of your tutorials for a few of my own things!
Happy Gliding!
Ash
Gorgeous!!!!
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